I'll be heading to Japan for the first time in a couple of weeks and I'm looking into buying a JR pass to save some money. My itinerary is:
7/1 - HIJ to Hiroshima
7/2 - Hiroshima
7/3 - Miyajima
7/4 - Okunoshima & Himeji
7/5 - Osaka
7/6 - Kobe/Osaka
7/7 - Osaka-->Nara -->Kyoto
7/8 - Kyoto
7/9 - Kyoto
7/10 - Kyoto
7/11 - Kyoto --> Shinjuku then bus to 5th station to start Mt. Fuji Climb
7/12 - End Mt. Fuji Climb / Fujikawaguchiko
7/13 - Fujikawaguchiko
7/14 - Fujikawaguchiko --> Tokyo
7/15 - Tokyo
7/16 - Day trip to Nikko
Then from 7/17 - 7/22 I'll be staying in Tokyo near Shinjuku and leaving out of Narita so I plan to use a suica card. If the 14 day pass is best I would activate it on 7/3, and I believe the last day to use it would be on 7/16 with my day trip to Nikko (please correct me if I'm wrong).
If a 7 day pass is better, what day should I activate it to save the most? Thanks in advance everyone!